Acquired Diagnosis / Complication: Difference between revisions
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Acquired diagnoses are coded "in order of occurrence" on a ward/unit. | Acquired diagnoses are coded "in order of occurrence" on a ward/unit. | ||
Acquired diagnoses do | '''Acquired diagnoses do not refer to diagnoses that have been discovered after the patient comes to the unit if it is likely that the patient was admitted to ward with the problem in the first place but it took a few days to figure that out.''' | ||
*We don't '''repeat''' the diagnosis in the acquired section. For example if the admit diagnosis is CHF they get treated but relapse back into CHF we do not add that as a acquired complication. '''Exceptions:''' | *We don't '''repeat''' the diagnosis in the acquired section. For example if the admit diagnosis is CHF they get treated but relapse back into CHF we do not add that as a acquired complication. '''Exceptions:''' | ||